Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of iiufrgs - savannah.nongnu.org

From:

Sylvain Beucler

Subject:

Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of iiufrgs - savannah.nongnu.org

Date:

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:19:30 +0200

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Mutt/1.4.2.1i

Hi,
Are you still interested in hosting your project at Savannah? I didn't
get a reply from you.
--
Sylvain
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 10:22:35AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My concerns was that your code is released under the GNU GPL, and also
> rely on LaTeX libraries such as prosper, released under the LLPL,
> which is GPL-incompatible.
>
> So first, you need to state an exception that you allow 'linking' your
> LaTeX classes with the LaTeX packages you use. See:
>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs
>
>
> Then, anybody using your classes will have to release its
> documentation under the GNU GPL. This may be what you want, and it is
> acceptable, but I would like you to confirm me this fact. If you
> don't, maybe you could use the GNU LGPL instead.
>
>
> In order to release your project properly and unambiguously under the
> GPL, please place copyright notices and permission-to-copy statements
> at the beginning of every file of source code, not a single one. Every
> file of more than 10 lines should contain a copyright and license
> notice.
>
> For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.
>
> The GPL FAQ explains why these procedures must be followed. To learn
> why a copy of the GPL must be included with every copy of the code, for
> example, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude.
>
>
> Last, the copyright notice you use is not perfectly valid because it
> uses '2001-2003'. See
>http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html for
> further information.
>
> If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide
> us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project. Upon review, we
> will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Sylvain
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 11:03:27AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We did receive your submission, but we wanted some legal advice from
> > the FSF's GNU GPL Compliance Lab.
> >
> > Unfortunately the Lab has some backlog at the moment and is not able
> > to reply to us with the usual quick response time :/
> >
> > So we did not forget about your submission, we just need time to
> > process it.
> >
> > I sent a mail to the FSF to check when we can get the usual reply time
> > again.
> >
> > Thanks for your patience,
> >
> > --
> > Sylvain
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 07:07:34AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> > > A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> > > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> > >
> > >
> > > Rafael Bohrer Ávila <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > > License: gpl
> > > Other License:
> > > Package: iiufrgs
> > > System name: iiufrgs
> > > Type: non-GNU
> > >
> > > Description:
> > > This is a collection of LaTeX classes and style files for use by students
> > > and researchers at Instituto de Informatica/UFRGS. The kinds of
> > > documents produced by this package include masters and phd theses,
> > > technical reports, letters and slides, but the main class can be used for
> > > general-purpose documents where the format adopted by II/UFRGS might be
> > > convenient.
> > >
> > > URL for download:
> > > http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/utug/download/iiufrgs-4.2.0.tar.bz2
> > >
> > > Other Software Required:
> > > tetex